"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
Oh yeah
I'll
I'll
I'll never stop
I don't know, will you believe me
After all is said and done
All the lies, how I regret them baby
Now, I am the loser
And you're shining like the sun
Tell me why can't I still be the one, alright
I will never stop
Until you're mine
I can wait forever, till the end of time
'Cause my heart is in your hands
Don't you understand
I'll never stop
I'll never stop
How could I ever
When my heart is in your hands
And I know, baby there is no turning back
They say that I'm crazy
And I kind of understand
How I wish for this nightmare to end
Oh yes
I will never stop
Until you're mine
I can wait forever, till the end of time
'Cause my heart is in your hands
Don't you understand
I'll never stop
yeah, yeah
(I'll) I'll never stop
Do you believe me, when my heart is in your hands
Don't you understand
I'll never stop
I will never stop (oh)
Till the end of time (I can wait forever)
Heart is in your hands (my heart is in your hands)
I'll never stop (I will never stop)
Until you're mine
I can wait forever, till the end of time
'Cause my heart is in your hands
Don't you understand
I'll never stop
I'll
I'll
I'll never stop
I don't know, will you believe me
After all is said and done
All the lies, how I regret them baby
Now, I am the loser
And you're shining like the sun
Tell me why can't I still be the one, alright
I will never stop
Until you're mine
I can wait forever, till the end of time
'Cause my heart is in your hands
Don't you understand
I'll never stop
I'll never stop
How could I ever
When my heart is in your hands
And I know, baby there is no turning back
They say that I'm crazy
And I kind of understand
How I wish for this nightmare to end
Oh yes
I will never stop
Until you're mine
I can wait forever, till the end of time
'Cause my heart is in your hands
Don't you understand
I'll never stop
yeah, yeah
(I'll) I'll never stop
Do you believe me, when my heart is in your hands
Don't you understand
I'll never stop
I will never stop (oh)
Till the end of time (I can wait forever)
Heart is in your hands (my heart is in your hands)
I'll never stop (I will never stop)
Until you're mine
I can wait forever, till the end of time
'Cause my heart is in your hands
Don't you understand
I'll never stop
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This is one of my favorite songs. https://fnfgo.io
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i dig this song, but the lyrics remind me of rapists who don't know they are rapists but just think that it's a case of tragic love. psychopaths who don't take "no" for an answer. kinda creepy xD
Very persistent song haha. Should have been on the US album!
I'll never stop Until you're mine I can wait forever, till the end of time Cause my heart is in your hands Don't you understand I'll never stop
There's a man trying to find the girl she loves even thought he knew might not occur,this man is struggling to find this girl and make her fall in love with him,he never give up.
And The man is me:(( Relate